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“So Happy Together” would have been a great theme song to play for our October 11th event in Teutopolis. Nearly 200 people attended our museum event to honor coaching greats, Ron Felling and Lawrence Carie. Highlighting the event were speakers Jay Shidler, Larry...

Since late 2022, the NBA has been much more strict about enforcing its "carrying" rules than ever before. Even in the first game after its new focus on this area of the rules, a single player received three violations, confusing many viewers. Though, could you even...

LeBron James. Russell Westbrook. Magic Johnson.  What do all of these individuals have in common, besides being some of the best basketball players in NBA history? The answer is that they've all achieved a unique distinction known as a triple double.  What is a triple...

Great teamwork between the Basketball Museum of Illinois and the Illinois High School Glory Days website team helped them discover incredible gems (history and memorabilia) in Mineral, Illinois on July 15. Dave Nanninga, the leader of his Illinois High School Glory...

NBA legend Michael Jeffrey Jordan has left his mark as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He remains one of the most recognizable and popular athletes in the world. "His Airness" helped make the NBA what it is today. MJ's incredible talent,...

Before the NBA, there was a professional league that started in 1898. The organizers called it the National League, but it only had six teams that were near Philadelphia. Fred Cooper coached Team Trenton, which won the first two championships that the National League...